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The Paper Tigers Fall

Updated Oct. 19, 2012 12:01 a.m. ET

DETROIT—Miguel Cabrera, he of the triple-crown winning season and the fearsome swing, stepped into the batter's box in the fourth inning Thursday smelling blood.

If Cabrera could extend his Detroit Tigers' two-run lead, the punchless Yankees were probably finished. If the Yankees had proven anything in this disaster of a series, it is that they lack the firepower to come back from all but the smallest deficits.